BGP Extensions for Enhanced VPN Auto Discovery
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INTERNET-DRAFT                                                 S. Zhuang
Intended status: Proposed Standard                                 Z. Li
                                                     Huawei Technologies
                                                             D. Eastlake
                                                  Futurewei Technologies
                                                                 L. Yong
                                                             Independent
Expires: January 22, 2020                                  July 23, 2019

             BGP Extensions for Enhanced VPN Auto Discovery
          draft-zhuang-bess-enhanced-vpn-auto-discovery-04.txt

Abstract

   A variety of VPN technologies have been widely deployed to bear
   different services.  As new applications develop, a requirement has
   been proposed for auto-discovery of Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks
   (L3VPN) and enhanced auto-discovery requirements for other VPN
   technologies that already have basic auto-discovery mechanisms.

   This document identifies some possible applications of these auto-
   discovery requirements and defines a new BGP NLRI, called the BGP-
   VPN-INSTANCE NLRI, to satisfy the requirement for auto-discovery of
   BGP VPN instances. It also defines a new type of extended community,
   called the Import Route Target, which can be applied to auto-
   discovery mechanisms of multiple VPN technologies.

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Table of Contents

      1. Introduction............................................3
      2. Terminologies...........................................4

      3. Requirements of VPN Auto-Discovery......................5
      3.1 Centralized Traffic Optimization.......................5
      3.2 Label/Segment Allocation for VPN Instance..............5

      4. IRT Extended Community..................................6

      5. BGP Extensions for L3VPN Auto-Discovery.................7
      5.1 BGP-VPN-INSTANCE SAFI..................................7
      5.2 BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI..................................8
      5.2.1 VPN Membership A-D Route.............................8
      5.3  Procedures............................................9

      6. IANA Considerations....................................10
      6.1 BGP Extended Communities..............................10
      6.2 Subsequent Address Family Identifier..................10

      7. Security Considerations................................11

      Contributors..............................................11
      Acknowledgements..........................................11

      Normative References......................................12
      Informative References....................................13

      Authors' Addresses........................................14

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1. Introduction

   A variety of VPN technologies have been widely deployed to bear
   different services.  As new applications develop, a requirement has
   been proposed for auto-discovery of Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks
   (L3VPN) [RFC4364] and enhanced auto-discovery requirements for other
   VPN technologies which already have basic auto-discovery mechanisms.

   This document identifies some possible applications of these auto-
   discovery requirements and defines a new BGP NLRI [RFC4271], called
   the BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI, to satisfy the requirement of auto-
   discovery of BGP VPN instance. It also defines a new type of extended
   community, called the Import Route Target (IRT), which can be applied
   to auto-discovery mechanisms of multiple VPN technologies.

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